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Prior history: Ords. 324, 1118, 1179 and 1193.
The purpose of this chapter is to carry out the intent of the city's land division regulations. The terms defined in this chapter are the minimum necessary to resolve questions of interpretation. Terms not defined shall hold their common and generally accepted meaning as found in the Second College Edition of the American Heritage Dictionary unless specifically defined otherwise in this code.
The following terms shall be interpreted as follows:
(1) 
Words used in the present tense include the future;
(2) 
The plural includes the singular and vice versa;
(3) 
The words "will" and "shall" are mandatory;
(4) 
The word "may" indicates that discretion is allowed;
(5) 
The word "used" includes designed, intended, or arranged to be used;
(6) 
The masculine gender includes the feminine and vice versa;
(7) 
The word "person" may be taken for persons;
(8) 
The word "building" includes a portion of a building or a portion of the lot on which it stands;
(9) 
Distances shall be measured horizontally unless otherwise specified;
(10) 
The word "structure" includes buildings;
(11) 
The word "occupied" includes designed or intended to be used.
(Ord. 1421, 2001; Ord. 1520 § 1, 2005)
As defined within the Washougal Engineering Standards, current edition.
(Ord. 1233 § 1 (Exh. A), 1997; Ord. 1421, 2001; Ord. 1495 § 1, 2004; Ord. 1520 § 1, 2005)
"Applicant"
means a person, including a corporate person, who undertakes to divide land, pursuant to this chapter and Chapter 58.17 RCW.
(Ord. 1233 § 1 (Exh. A), 1997; Ord. 1421, 2001; Ord. 1520 § 1, 2005)
As defined within the Washougal Engineering Standards, current edition.
(Ord. 1233 § 1 (Exh. A), 1997; Ord. 1421, 2001; Ord. 1520 § 1, 2005)
"Binding site plan"
means a drawing to a scale specified by local ordinance which: (1) identifies and shows the areas and locations of all streets, roads, improvements, utilities, open spaces, and any other matters specified by local regulations; (2) contains inscriptions or attachments setting forth such appropriate limitations and conditions for the use of the land as are established by the local government body having authority to approve the site plan; and (3) contains provisions making any development be in conformity with the site plan. It is a division of land to lots or tracts for industrial or commercial use, when approved by the city for the use of the land, in accordance with local regulations, RCW 58.17.020 and 58.17.035, and recorded with Clark County.
(Ord. 1421, 2001; Ord. 1520 § 1, 2005)
"Bioretention facility"
means a shallow depression or planter combining vegetation with a specified soil mix designed to filter, transpire, and infiltrate runoff in a way that mimics natural drainage functions. Bioretention facilities can be cells, swales or planters. For the purposes of this title, "bioretention facility" includes rain gardens.
(Ord. 1821 § 1 (Att. A), 2016)
As defined within the Washougal Engineering Standards, current edition.
(Ord. 1233 § 1 (Exh. A), 1997; Ord. 1421, 2001; Ord. 1520 § 1, 2005)
"Comprehensive plan"
means plans, maps, reports or any combination thereof, adopted in December of 1994 by the city council for the guidance of growth and improvement of the city, including modifications which may be made from time to time, in accordance with the State Growth Management Act.
(Ord. 1233 § 1 (Exh. A), 1997; Ord. 1421, 2001; Ord. 1520 § 1, 2005)
"Director"
means the community development director or designated representative.
(Ord. 1233 § 1 (Exh. A), 1997; Ord. 1421, 2001; Ord. 1520 § 1, 2005; Ord. 1613 § 1 (Exh. A), 2008)
"Easement"
means a grant of the right to use a portion of land for specific purposes, as part of a plat or subdivision or provided between parties for common and mutual benefit and recorded.
(Ord. 1233 § 1 (Exh. A), 1997; Ord. 1421, 2001; Ord. 1520 § 1, 2005)
As defined within the Washougal Engineering Standards, current edition.
(Ord. 1233 § 1 (Exh. A), 1997; Ord. 1421, 2001; Ord. 1520 § 1, 2005)
"Lot"
means a fractional part of divided lands having fixed boundaries, being of sufficient area and dimension to meet minimum zoning requirements for width and area. The term shall include tracts and parcels, as created through platting and recorded in accordance with Chapter 58.17 RCW and any and all amendments.
(Ord. 1233 § 1 (Exh. A), 1997; Ord. 1421, 2001; Ord. 1520 § 1, 2005)
"Native vegetation"
means vegetation comprised of plant species, other than noxious weeds, that are indigenous to the coastal region of the Pacific Northwest and which reasonably could have been expected to naturally occur on the site.
(Ord. 1821 § 1 (Att. A), 2016)
"Person"
means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, syndicate or any legal entity, including any trustee, receiver, assignee, or other similar representative thereof. See also "applicant."
(Ord. 1233 § 1 (Exh. A), 1997; Ord. 1421, 2001; Ord. 1520 § 1, 2005)
"Plat"
means a map or representation of a subdivision, or short subdivision showing thereon the division of a tract or parcel of land into lots, blocks, streets and alleys or other divisions or dedications.
(Ord. 1233 § 1 (Exh. A), 1997; Ord. 1421, 2001; Ord. 1520 § 1, 2005)
As defined within the Washougal Engineering Standards, current edition.
(Ord. 1233 § 1 (Exh. A), 1997; Ord. 1421, 2001; Ord. 1495 § 1, 2004; Ord. 1520 § 1, 2005)
"Public dedication"
means the deliberate granting of land by an owner for any general and public uses, reserving to himself no other rights than such as are compatible with the full exercise and enjoyment of the public uses to which the property has been devoted.
(Ord. 1233 § 1 (Exh. A), 1997; Ord. 1421, 2001; Ord. 1520 § 1, 2005)
"Public road"
means an improved and maintained public right-of-way which provides vehicular circulation or a principal means of access to abutting properties, and includes provisions for public utilities, curbs and gutters or alternatives as approved by the director of public works, pedestrian walkways, cut-and-fill slopes, street lights, street trees, and storm drainage.
(Ord. 1233 § 1 (Exh. A), 1997; Ord. 1421, 2001; Ord. 1520 § 1, 2005)
"Roadway"
means the portion of street right-of-way developed for vehicular traffic.
(Ord. 1233 § 1 (Exh. A), 1997; Ord. 1421, 2001; Ord. 1520 § 1, 2005)
"Short subdivision"
means the division or redivision of land into nine or fewer lots, tracts, parcels, sites or divisions for the purpose of sale or lease, or transfer of ownership.
(Ord. 1233 § 1 (Exh. A), 1997; Ord. 1421, 2001; Ord. 1520 § 1, 2005; Ord. 1629 § 1 (Exh. A), 2009)
As defined within the Washougal Engineering Standards, current edition.
(Ord. 1233 § 1 (Exh. A), 1997; Ord. 1421, 2001; Ord. 1520 § 1, 2005)
"Subdivision"
means the division or redivision of land into 10 or more lots, parcels or tracts for the purpose of sale, lease or transfer of ownership.
(Ord. 1233 § 1 (Exh. A), 1997; Ord. 1421, 2001; Ord. 1520 § 1, 2005; Ord. 1629 § 1 (Exh. A), 2009)